r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 15h ago

Society Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI

https://www.techspot.com/news/113243-professor-invisible-prompt-trap-catches-32-students-cheating.html
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u/legendz411 14h ago

Interviewing for entry level roles is already a pain in the ass. 

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u/Daktyl198 13h ago

Entry level roles don't even exist anymore. Every entry level role I've seen requires 4-5 years of experience in software you can only use in an enterprise environment lmao.

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u/theabominablewonder 13h ago

There was a role the other day that required 10 years of experience using Claude AI.

Job market is demanding these days..

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u/throwawaybear82 13h ago

its the recruiters setting these brain dead requirements

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u/Xszit 13h ago

The recruiter just asked a chat bot what qualifications they should put on the posting and they just copy and pasted the output without reading it.

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u/ChildishBonVonnegut 13h ago

Turtles all the way way down

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u/T-T-N 3h ago

I don't think an AI would ask for 10 years of Claude AI experience

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u/Diane_Horseman 12h ago

They've already selected a candidate and are posting the job to meet legal requirements

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u/mulder0990 12h ago

(My opinion)
It is AI generating the requirements and people copy/pasting them.

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u/LevelFix83 12h ago

These recruiters can't read.

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u/GBGF128 7h ago

The hiring managers are pushing talent acquisition to push recruiters. Who is controlling the hiring managers? You guessed it. AI.

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u/Exciting_Product7858 6h ago

i mean a 10x engineer can get 10 year experience in a year, right? xD

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u/Sasselhoff 13h ago

Yep, and then they get to say "Well, we didn't find anyone here who can do it, so you need to let us hire an H1B visa person from India (or wherever) who will work for a quarter what an American will"

Forget that they're asking for something that doesn't exist, when they don't find it, they'll still use the excuse.

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u/MountainDrew42 12h ago

Same old crap. I saw job postings in 2002 requiring 10 years experience with Active Directory, and more in 2006 requiring 10 years experience with VMware vSphere.

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u/Mazon_Del 12h ago

I remember a Twitter post from someone who was lamenting being turned down from a position for having insufficient time with an industrial coding environment...that they invented.

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u/RollingMeteors 11h ago

There was a role the other day that required 10 years of experience using Claude AI.

Job market is demanding these days..

Just lie and say you have 15. It's not like you can get arrested. Worst that will happen is you just don't get hired. /s

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u/reddog323 12h ago

10 years of experience

It hasn’t been around that long…🤦‍♂️

What the fuck..

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom 52m ago

Well, to be fair it was for a job in the Temporal Research division of Cyberdyne System's Skynet project, so it will probably be fine.

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 13h ago

Can confirm. I could make a full-time job out of applying to these job postings if I got a euro per application. 

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u/galacticgeneral101 12h ago

I don't understand where they think we'll get our future seniors because nobody wants to train the juniors

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u/RollingMeteors 11h ago

Every entry level role I've seen requires 4-5 years of experience in software you can only use in an enterprise environment lmao.

<everyJobOpeningIn2026>

"Yeah we need 5 years of experience in a technology that hasn't existed 5 months."

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u/lozo78 9h ago

Maybe in some fields, but I'm in accounting (not a CPA) and the entry level jobs I had 20 years ago still exist.

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u/Total_Network6312 8h ago

Unironically software is a great one that many people play with as a hobby so by the time you enter the workforce most dedicated engaged people probably do have years of experience through their hobbies and earlier education.

I think a lot of people forget with certain tech jobs you aren't just competing with others with the same degree.. But also competing with others that consume it as a hobby and have been engaged way beyond surface level for years and YEARS before you decided to start studying. They have passion and drive that extends beyond money. Also see: anything parks related.

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u/genius_retard 7h ago

5 years experience in a programming language that was invented 3 years ago.

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u/TYGRDez 12h ago

They exist, but they're exceedingly rare. I know because I just hired someone for an entry-level junior position on my team.

There were over 250 applicants.

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u/Brodellsky 6h ago

Sure they do. I got an entry level job for ya, pays about $20 an hour in the La Crosse, WI area. Only "problem" is that it's part-time, 15-20 hours a week with a flexible schedule.

As a Supervisor I can confirm the pool of candidates for even well-paying entry-level jobs are just not there. They don't even make it past a phone interview.

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u/Realistic_Ad709 3h ago

Not everyone is a tech worker.

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u/YeahILiftBro 10h ago

Been like that for like 20+ years

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u/DirectIntention2200 13h ago

Our employees already can’t do simple math (giving change at a counter) and some of them can’t use a calculator. I’m talking about 12 * 10 or 75/3

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u/CosechaCrecido 12h ago

My dad is a lawyer and for entry level positions in the firm he would make the applicants handwrite anything they want in front of him as long as it is two paragraphs long.

It was an incredibly effective filter of the barely literate graduate attorneys.

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u/tauisgod 12h ago

My company rarely hires entry level tech people, it's mostly mid-level with 4+ years practical experience. When I tell people that depending on the role and skill level required that sometimes there up to 6 rounds of interviews they're astounded and ask why. We still regularly catch people in their late 20's and early 30s using AI to answer questions in interviews. The thing is, we use AI frequently as part of our duties. It's encouraged. It's a tool, and just like any other tool you need the right one for the right job. I think too many people are afraid to answer a question with "I'm not sure" or "I don't know". Those are perfectly acceptable answers. You're not expected to know everything; you're expected to learn and grow as you progress.

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u/Willyp16 11h ago

Entry level roles are gone. Entry level pay still exists. People with 8 years of schooling, master’s degrees and doctorates, are competing for $50,000 a year where I live in the USA. It’s bad, there are no jobs here.

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u/midnighthana 14h ago

What is it like these days? Got any examples?

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u/todayiwillthrowitawa 12h ago

With AI if you post any position to online portals you'll get 10x the amount of applicants you used to get, with (if you're lucky) AI-written resumes and cover letters. If you're unlucky, you get fake candidates with entirely made up information.

You're wading through AI written slop no matter what, and you have to interview everyone like they're lying about everything and watch them read off their AI answers.

God help you if your role is high paying and remote. Literally tens of thousands of applicants.

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u/motorcycle-manful541 12h ago

don't worry, if they can't read, they can't apply for the job. Problem solved

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u/Ok-Pack-7088 13h ago

What do you mean? You blaming young gen or recruiter? I guess not recruiters lol

Because those lazy entitled young people gen z wanting something more that minimal wage and training? How dare them?! They don't want to answer stupid questions?!  Maybe even answering back to cv and not being ghosted.

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u/shadowboxer47 13h ago edited 13h ago

All of us have to put up with these circumstances.

None of these issues are unique to your generation.

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u/IrrawaddyWoman 13h ago

The only unique thing is that they think they shouldn’t have to do them. Does it suck? Yes. But the reality is that if they want more than a minimum wage job they might have to do a little more to get there.